From Lenin’s Birthplace to NATO’s Logistical Hub
The recent NATO summit in Chicago failed to produce a U.S.–Pakistan transit agreement. The agreement sought would have allowed U.S. forces and the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) to...
View ArticleDuma to Crack Down Against Foreign-Funded NGOs
Last Friday, Russia’s Kommersant, a leading newspaper, reported that United Russia, the ruling political party, is about to submit a bill in the Duma that would tighten the activity of non-governmental...
View ArticleRussian Technology Espionage Exposed
On October 3, the FBI reported it had charged 11 people with running a military technology procurement network based in the United States and Russia that was allegedly illegally procuring and exporting...
View ArticleMagnitsky Act Promises to Punish Human Rights Abuse, Open Trade
Sergei Magnitsky Last Thursday, the House of Representatives passed a bill that included language—called the Magnitsky Act—that for the first time punishes Russian officials implicated in serious human...
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